NCHHSTP Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Program
2023 Information for Incoming EIS Officers
Welcome to the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP).
Our mission is to prevent infections, morbidity, mortality, health inequities, and stigma associated with HIV, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB).
Every year, millions of people in the United States are infected with HIV, viral hepatitis, STIs, or TB and tens of thousands die from their infection. Most of these infections share commonalities, from modes of transmission to demographic, social, and economic conditions that increase risk. As a prevention leader, NCHHSTP focuses on high impact prevention and control efforts to reduce incidence, morbidity, mortality, and health disparities due to these infections.
EIS officers in NCHHSTP have the opportunity to do impactful work that saves lives, protects people, and reduces health disparities by preventing and controlling these infections domestically and internationally. Our center has a rich tradition of providing exceptional supervision and training of EIS officers and is known for its diversity of epidemiologic, clinical, biological, psychosocial/behavioral, policy, and other public health approaches.
With hundreds of scientists across our center and numerous partners in communities, states, and nations around the world, NCHHSTP offers EIS officers vast opportunities for collaboration. We invite you to explore the exciting opportunities available in our divisions.
Jonathan Mermin, MD, MPH, RADM, USPHS
Director
(EIS 1995)
Richard Lowry, MD, MS
Acting Associate Director for Science
(EIS 1990)
Adam Langer DVM, MPH
EIS Program Co-Lead
(EIS 2006)
Christine Agnew-Brune, PhD, MPH
EIS Program Co-Lead
(EIS 2016)
Katie Curran, PhD, MHS
EIS Conference Scientific
Program Committee Representative
(EIS 2014)
Donna Benton, BS
EIS Program Assistant
Division of HIV Prevention (DHP)
Detection and Response Branch
NCHHSTP-DHP-DRB-2023-01
Primary Supervisor: Christine Agnew-Brune (EIS 2016)
Secondary Supervisors: Robert Bonacci (EIS 2020) and Stephen Perez (EIS 2018)
Division of HIV Prevention (DHP)
HIV Research Branch
NCHHSTP-DHP-HRB-2023-01
Primary Supervisor: Mary Tanner (EIS 2012)
Secondary Supervisors: Aileen Huang and Karen Hoover
Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP)
Epidemiology and Statistics Branch
NCHHSTP-DSTDP- CEHSRB -2023-01
Primary Supervisor: Laura Quilter (EIS 2017)
Secondary Supervisors: Bobby McDonald (EIS 2019) and Katy Renfro
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE)
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Outbreak Investigations Branch
NCHHSTP-DTE-SEOIB-Georgia-2023-01
Primary Supervisor: Rebekah Stewart (EIS 2001)
Secondary Supervisors: William Walker (EIS 2016) and Julie Self (EIS 2015)